jìn​tuì​liǎng​nán

dilemma

进退两难 (進退兩難) jìn​tuì​liǎng​nán
dilemma idiom
caught in a difficult situation where both advancing and retreating are equally problematic; trapped with no way out.

Since neither side would yield, the negotiations reached a dilemma.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.00 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.09 per million

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